AnAge entry for Tupaia belangeri

Classification (HAGRID: 02834)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Scandentia
                Family: Tupaiidae
                    Genus: Tupaia
Species: Tupaia belangeri
Common name: Northern tree shrew

Maximum longevity: 11.1 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One captive specimen lived for 11.1 years [0671]. There are anecdotal reports of animals living up to 14 years, but these are unconfirmed.

: No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.

[1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
[1103] Lazic (2012), Modeling hippocampal neurogenesis across the lifespan in seven species (PubMed)
[0605] Keuker et al. (2005), Aging is accompanied by a subfield-specific reduction of serotonergic fibers in the tree shrew hippocampal formation (PubMed)
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
[1066] Refinetti (1992), Analysis of the circadian rhythm of body temperature
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves